Here are a few pics from my run last Saturday. 

Gorgeous. Peaceful. Fun.

 

Found myself off the beaten path.

Wandering how I'm going to get out. :)

Frozen Reservoir

Happy trails!

Running on the snow is really growing on me.  It is an adventure with every step.  At first I was skeptical about going out on such an unsure surface after my recent injury but so far it hasn't been so bad.  Running on the snow may even be helping me.  How, you ask?  Well...

1. You have to go slow!   
Now that I'm running again, it is so tempting to do too much too soon-- to go too fast... take on too many miles.  Running in this crazy weather has forced me to slow down and has kept me on my training "plan".  For example, I went out the other day and it was 14 degrees with -1 wind chill.  I was scheduled to do 1 mile and believe me nothing could have tempted me to go farther in that craziness!  I was feeling good so if the weather was nicer, I don't know that I would have stopped at just 1 mile.  Good thing the weather was horrible. :)

Out of the blue my winter vacation gave way to some hardcore winter running!

These photos were taken a week apart.  How funny is life.

Winter running vs. tropical vacation?  No contest!  I will choose the warmth any day but it does feel great to know that the snow can't stop me! :)

Right before Thanksgiving, I decided to take a break from Physical Therapy for the holiday season.  The goal was to reassess at the beginning of the year.  I was just going to back off of the scheduled sessions but still perform my exercises at home and continue to build up slowly with the run/walk regiment. 

I have been seeing major progress with my foot in the last few weeks.  I have even started running again.  Slowly slowly slowly and not very far, but running!

Sadly, this week, I had to take a step back.

My foot is wrapped again today.